Do the feds have access to our personal messages on ATS ?

Following on from the Lavabit scandal and the NSA spying program as exposed by Edward Snowden, i was wondering just how safe our personal messages on
ATS are. No doubt there are private discussions going on between members that the feds may be interested in so a) Have they already been in touch and
have our messages been passed on or b) is there any likelihood that this scenario could become a reality ?

Such a shame we need to think this way but i guess we do, it's even made me think that it would be in the interest of the feds to set up something
similar to ATS to enable them to harvest some of the ideas and thoughts of free thinkers.

Excuse me using the word 'feds' if that isn’t appropriate, I’m in the UK so don’t really know who is who over there, I’m using it presuming
you all know what I’m talking about :-)

Originally posted by Wobbly Anomaly
Do the feds have access to our personal messages on ATS ?

Following on from the Lavabit scandal and the NSA spying program as exposed by Edward Snowden, i was wondering just how safe our personal messages on
ATS are. No doubt there are private discussions going on between members that the feds may be interested in so a) Have they already been in touch and
have our messages been passed on or b) is there any likelihood that this scenario could become a reality ?

Such a shame we need to think this way but i guess we do, it's even made me think that it would be in the interest of the feds to set up something
similar to ATS to enable them to harvest some of the ideas and thoughts of free thinkers.

Excuse me using the word 'feds' if that isn’t appropriate, I’m in the UK so don’t really know who is who over there, I’m using it presuming
you all know what I’m talking about :-)

I am going to go with yes they do, in fact Id go a step further and say they probably have key press logs for everything connected to the net, so if
you typed it they have it.

So you are on a list now, most definitely.

SO you are being watched by the US government.

So now the question becomes, What are YOU going to do about.

Ride your Representatives until they do something about it, express your out rage to your government that Their Allie is spying on you.

Guess ive been on their list for a long time ;-) What am i going to do about it ? Continue expressing myself freely and hopefully contributing to the
growing awareness that we'll be able to retake control of our privacy and destiny ... at some point in the future.

Ride your Representatives until they do something about it, express your out rage to your government that Their Allie is spying on you.

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Doesn't help much, I've sent a couple of letters to my local MP (Representative) so far, demanding answers and clarity for them answer back that
they are as eager to have answers as I am and that they'll raise it in parliament.

Every keystroke and every website and every email or text on every computer, every laptop, every tablet and every phone is being logged on your
personal meta-data record. No exceptions.

This data will only come back to haunt you in every instance where the state is concerned about your activities. It will in every instance serve as
evidence against you in a court of law.

Always have the sobering thought somewhere in your consciousness that EVERYTHING you do online is being monitored.

Yup, thats what i presume but i also think the problems could go a lot deeper for example the ideas we pass between ourselves in private, ( I've
certainly discussed the possibilty of a 'private' internet style way of communicating, it didnt get very far which is why i'm mentioning it ;-) )
I'm sure people can think of a lot of non terrorism ideas that are banded around to ensure our feedoms that TPTB would be interested in knowing
about.

Internet, cell phone, radio, and believe it or not printers are not secure and are always traceable. Anything on any of those mediums should be
delivered with jurisprudence. If you really want to call the government out and bust their evil, the only means to safely collaborate is
face-to-face. Even that needs caution.

I am going to go with yes they do, in fact Id go a step further and say they probably have key press logs for everything connected to the net, so if
you typed it they have it.

So you are on a list now, most definitely.

SO you are being watched by the US government.

My guess is that if the feds are actively monitoring ATS they just use the log analysis for keywords and a few sock puppets. If some members were
actively plotting the next civil war by use of PM they have more problems than speculating if they are being monitored.

Originally posted by Wobbly Anomaly
Do the feds have access to our personal messages on ATS ?

Following on from the Lavabit scandal and the NSA spying program as exposed by Edward Snowden, i was wondering just how safe our personal messages on
ATS are. No doubt there are private discussions going on between members that the feds may be interested in so a) Have they already been in touch and
have our messages been passed on or b) is there any likelihood that this scenario could become a reality ?

Such a shame we need to think this way but i guess we do, it's even made me think that it would be in the interest of the feds to set up something
similar to ATS to enable them to harvest some of the ideas and thoughts of free thinkers.

Excuse me using the word 'feds' if that isn’t appropriate, I’m in the UK so don’t really know who is who over there, I’m using it presuming
you all know what I’m talking about :-)

I am going to go with yes they do, in fact Id go a step further and say they probably have key press logs for everything connected to the net, so if
you typed it they have it.

So you are on a list now, most definitely.

SO you are being watched by the US government.

So now the question becomes, What are YOU going to do about.

Ride your Representatives until they do something about it, express your out rage to your government that Their Allie is spying on you.

edit
on 2-9-2013 by benrl because: (no reason given)

edit on 2-9-2013 by benrl because: (no reason given)

Maybe scare the # out of them a little, or write useless psychobable disguised as enlightened super speak. There is such a thing as information
overload and if an AI is piecemealing this all together like say Webbot .0 then it needs a brain slug.

Maybe scare the # out of them a little, or write useless psychobable disguised as enlightened super speak. There is such a thing as information
overload and if an AI is piecemealing this all together like say Webbot .0 then it needs a brain slug.

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